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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE• POIVIDSOUTH, Dec. 23.—0 n Sunday morning (by express orders), the Romney, 60, Captain N. Lockyer, C. 8., and Pyramus frigate, C4ptain Sartorius, sailed with the 4th Regiment on board, and have since, probably, arrived, in the Tagus. Ou Tuesday, the Windsor Castle, 7 4 , Captain E. D. Kiiig, sailed from Ply mouth, with the 60th, RiPe Regiment. On Wednesday, the Wellesley, 74, Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas M. Hardy, Bart. K. C. B. Captain Falcon, sailed hence, with the 2d Battalion of the 841 Regiment of Guards, and was joined off St. flehintilay the Gloucester; 74, Captain J. S. Horton, from Delitfortl;'with the Ist Regiment Grenadier Guards on board. On .Thursday, the Melville, 71, Captain Henry Hill, sailed from St. Helens, with the 65d Reginient on board. The wield has since been favour able, and the weather fine, for their proceeding, and, no doubt, in a few days, they will arrive at their destination. The .Commander4n-Chief of the troops, Lieutenant-General ' Sir W. Clinton, G.C.B. (LieutenantrGeneral of the Ordnance), and Major-General Sir H. Bouverie, with their Staff, went in the 'Wellesley ; Major-Generals Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, and Sir Ed- Ward Blakeney and Staff, in the Melville. Mr. Straughan, in charge of the military chest (160,000/. in gold), went in the Wellesley. Lady Bouverie also went passenger in that ship. The troops marched in good spirits, and excellent order, and were em trailed, with all the baggage, in the perfectness of regularity, by Captain !Limber, R.N., Second in command of the ships ir. or dinary at the port. Lord Melville, after his inspection of the Academicians of the Royal Naval College, on Tuesday, appeared in the streets, taking special interest in facilitating the departure of the ships. There will, in a few days, be eight sail of the line in the Tagus ; but we understand that those ships which are not permanently attached to the squadron, wilt return to England shortly after the troops are landed. On Monday the Spartiate, 7416 Captain Frederick Warren, went nut of the harbour, fitted for the flag of the Commander-in-Chief in the Tagns (Lord Aurelius Beauclerk), and to relieve the Ocean. The Spartiate was paid wages to-day, and will probably sail on Monday, for Lisbon. A detachment of the Royal Marine At., ttillery, Mr relief, paid a detachment of the Royal Marines, to com plete the Albion's number to "the War Establishnaint, have em barked on board her. The four squadrons of the 10th Hussars and 12th Lancers, and a part of the Wagglin Train, have arrived in the neighbour hood) to await the arrival . of the transports which are intended to OonVey them to Portugal. A squadron of the 12th Lancers, cm- Wired to-day in four ships ; the others will come in and embark, ax the other ships, to arrive here ft um the river, are ready for their reception. ' On Thursday the Forte frigate, Capt. J. Coghlan, C. 8., sailed for the South American station, to relieve the Blanche, His Ex cellency Chevalier de Neumann,. Minister Pleolpotentiary from Austria to the Court of Brazils, Prince Schwa' tz,nburgh, Charge de Affaires, and Count Fries, Secretary of Legation, went pas sengers. His Excellency was received on board the Forte, with manned yards and an honorary solute. Prince Pau! Esterhazy, who accompanied these distinguished persons to the George, to take leave on their embarkation, afterwards returned to CL:Alos House. The Menai, 26, Capt. Houston Stewart, sailed for Woolwich, to be paid off.—On Thursday, the Bittern, Lieut. Itoehfort, ar tived from Plymouth, with volunteer seamen, and returned thi- ther to-day, leaving the Spartiate only at Spithead. In the Har bour--Victory, Asia, Sybille, Challenger, Sapphire,. Columbine, Wolf, Arachne, Clinker, Cracker. the squadron of experimental ships will not be ready for sea kintil the middle of March. tapt. F. T. Mitchell is appointed to the Rifleman, 18, at Ply mouth ; Lieut. Richard Vegan, to the Pincher, schooner, building at Bermuda; Lieut. Geo. Manning, to the Spartiate ; Lieut: E. Knapman, to the Windsor Castle, vice Hamilton ; Lieut. Hugh Goold, to be Agent of Transports, in the Hope; Lieut. Pike to the Semaphore at Lump's Fort; Lieut. E. Webb, of the Asia, to the Sybille; Lieut.. Jas. Barlow, to the Ramillies; Lieuts. Joseph liyett and Macnamara, (of Gosport) to be Agents of Transports; Lieut. Edw. St. Ledger 'Cannon, and Mr. John Hodges, Master, to the Wolfe ; Lieut. Malluck, and Mr. R. Dunn, Surgeon, to the Challenger; Mr. Retalick, Master, to the Arachne. Mr. James Stewart, surgeon, R.N. has received from the Hon. the Commissioners for Victualling his Majesty's Navy, the appointment of Surgeon and Agent for the care of his Majesty's sick and wounded seamen and marines at Southampton. The Clinker, Lieut. Matson, is fitting in the harbour, for the Coast of Africa station. Lieutenant Hutchinson commands the Plinoper, which sailed with the Galatea, with sealed orders. During the time bis Majesty's ship Niemen, Capt. Wail', lay in Boston harbour, not one desertion took place, although the boats belonging to the ship had the same imereourse with the - - Th;., fact reflects equal credit on the officers a n d seamen of the ship. Divotirosse, Dec. 21.-On Tuesday sailed the Windsor Castle, 74, Captain E. D. King, with the 60th Regiment (or Duke of York's own Rifle Corps), and detachments of the 23d and 48d Regiments on board, f or Li s b on . S a il e d t h e B i ttern, with volunteer seamen for Portsmouth ; Cadmus, 10, Capt. lowell (on Friday), with Colonel Denham, for Sierra Leone ; Tyrian packet, Lieut. Dwyer, for Falmouth ; Pike, Lieutenant Kelly, for Cork. Came into Harbour the Alligator, to be paid off and recommissioned. The Rifleman is paid off and mom- Missioned. The Success, 28, Capt. Stirling, is arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, from this port, on her way to India. The William, Bryn, from Falmouth to Southampton, foundered off the Start on Monday, the crew were saved. Remain—Britannia, Thetis, Alligator, Satellite, Ringdove, Rifleman, Royalist, Nightin. gale, Lyra. WINTER ASSIZES. KINGSTON, SATURDAY, Dm. 29. James Cato, a respectable-looking young man, was found guilty of stealing a mare at Thames Dittos, on the 26th of July last, the property of Mr. Henry Farrenden. W. Renscomb was indicted for assaulting Wm. Stillwell, by reason of which the said Wan. Stillwell received several blows which caused his death. The Jury having consulted for some time returned a verdict of Not Guilty against the prisoner. Henry 1 Inwood and William Chamberlain were indicted on the statute of 5 Geo. 111., cap. 14, for unlawfully entering Clare:. mont Park, on the night of the 29th of November, and stealing from an enclosed pond of water 42 fish called carp, the property of his Royal Highness the Prince of Saxe Coburg. Mr. Tuxsioxn, and Mr. Mallot.Es conducted the prosecution. About 12 o'clock un the night of the 29th November, a watch man of Thamea Ditton stopped the prisoners and another person in a cart, going in a direction towards Esher. lie asked them where they were going ? They said they were bargemen, that they had left their barge in London, that they were just come from Kingston, and were going to theif home at Guildford. They WI a line and net in the cart. He allowed them to depart.— Between three and four in the morning, the earns watchman stopped the same persons again at Thames Ditton, and recognising them as the persons he had seen so lately before, . expressed his surprise at their return from Guildford in so short a time. They gave so lame an excuse, that he was induced to search the cart, and in it were found forty-two carp, together with a large net and a line. He took the two prisoners into custody, but the third man escaped. Next day, upon searching the fish-pond in Clare moat-park, it was found to have been recently dragged of its fish, there being the foot-marks of three men at the edges, and a eon siderabis number of fish-scales. The foot-marks of the men were traced to the park paling, on the other side of which were the traces of a cart which had there stopped in a lane leading from Esher, and had turned about again. Upon comparing the shoes of the prisoners with some of the foot.marks, they were found to correspond exactly. The tish found in the prisoners' possession was valued at 51. In order to prove that they were taken without the cement of the owner, as alleged in the indict ment, Mr. Arnashasha, autSerintendatit of the Prince of Saxe c ohar o p a lace of Claremont, preyed that he had not given the prisoners any licence to take the fish ; and no other person had authority to give such a licence but 14,,,,,14 in the A b sence o f hi s Royal Highness, who was now at Rome, and had been so since May last--Guilty; seven years' transportation. The calendar having been gone through, th e ,t„i xes finished when the following were the number sentenced : , Thirty-nine prisoners against whom ntenee of d eat h was re corded--two that of transportation far 14 years—six transporta. *ion for *even years—twenty-four to various period of impri ann . Inuit—and linty-six discharged by, proclamation. Lieutenant 'Fucker and Mr. Robert rengelley, of the Maidstone, have been promoted (the former to the r,ink of Corn.; mender, and the latter to that of Lieutenant), thuir gallant conduct, when serving on the coast of Africa, in the Hope ten '"der to the Maidstone, and capturing a slave vessel val'ed the /17- ' canor t with 176 slaves on board. Mr. Ft. H. Crawford, of the ,Esk, is also promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On Friday w as p a id over t o th e C onso lidated Fund, As sum of 50.'9d., the contribution to the public service of the Marquis Camden for the present year. The sum received by the public since July, 1817, when Lord Camden made this sacrifice of private emolument, is 86,817/. Ills. 10d. His Lord , ekip't contribution during the war anieuted to 43,457/. 7e. 7d. : in.*, whole, to 180,2754 1c bd. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur of Friday, Dec. 22.) OFFICIAL, FART. PARIS, Dac. 21.—T0-day, December 21, at eight o'clock in the evening, the grand deputation of the Chamber of Peers was admitted with the usual forms, to present to the King the address voted by the Chamber of Peers, in answer to his Majesty's speech. The Chancellor of France read the address, which was in the follow ing terms : " is always with fresh eagerness that the Peers of your kingdom approach the foot 'of your Throne to present the homage of their attachment and respectful fidelity. With the zeal and attention that such important interests require, they will devote themselves to the examination of the law projects which your Majesty bas devised for the welfare of your people. " The necessity of the two codes which your Majesty has caused to he prepared, is generally acknowledged. In the present day especially, when maritime commerce, has taken a wider range, the finds, which form a considerable portion of the public wealth, acquire still greater importance. The legislation to which they are subjected, requires to be ameliorated. The basis of them have already been laid down by your immortal ancestor in one of those ordinances, the exalted wisdom of which has not contributed less than his other titles to glory, to obtain for him the denomination of Louis the Great. " A military code will be considered as tnuch a benefit by the citizens as the army. It is important for all, that the military jurisdiction should be circumscribed within limits determinate and precise._ " We, Sire, even we also, should desire that it had been possi ble not to have interfered with the Press, but your Majesty has considered that it was time to put an end to afflicting scandals. When the King expresses the intention of preserving the Liberty of the Press from its own . -excesses, this solicitude is a proof of the value that his magnanimous heart attaches to the mainten ance of the public liberties. Animated with the same sentiments, the Peers of your kingdom will eagerly unite their efforts with those of your Majesty. "We ll eacainit;e, with an attention no less scrupulous, the law project which is announced to us upon the organization of the Juries. This institution, which is consecrated by the Char ter, should afford all the guarantees necessary for the dispensation of justice, the first want of nations. " Humanity had hailed with applause the abolition of a traffic which is repugnant to our natural sentiments; but since cupidity finds the means of evading the prohibitions of the law, it becomes indispensible to adopt effectual measures to make them respected. " The friendly disposition of the foreign Governments, so con formable to the personal sentiments of your Majesty, afforded tlse well-grounded hope that a peace, obtained at the price of so many sacrifices, will be of long duration ; and if troubles have broken out in a part of the Peninsula which was lately the theatre Of the glory of your august ion and his valiant army, France awaits with confidence the result of the efforts of your Majesty, who, in con cert with your allies, will put an end to them, and prevent their direful consequences. " The progressive increase of the product of the indirect taxes, that your Majesty condescends to announce to us, is a sure sign of.the general comfort. The excess of revenue will enable an allowance to be made to the different branches of the public ser vice, of funds which have hitherto been refused with regret. This measure of administration not only supplies urgent necessities, but likewise affords ample resources to the indigent classes, in the works required by the state of the high roads, the maritime eon eiruetions, and the repairs of the strong places. And if, as your Majesty holds out the hope, the Treasury can henceforward take upon itself to pay the supplementary sums that the Parishes give to the Ministers of Religion, this will be, under another name, a real reduction to those who pay the taxes ; and yet we look, with our best wishes, for the period*hen the progressive augmentation of the Revenue will allow a reduction of those taxes which are ac knowledged to be the most burdensome. " Sire, after so many years' trials and misfortune, ilia conso latory to fix our eyes upon the situation of France. At a view of so happy a change, what Frenchman would not unite with his King in blessing heaven, who has vouchsafed us so much pros perity? Yes; under your Majesty's auspices, we will labour to add still more, by the arts of peace, to the greatness and power of this nation, ambitions of every kind of success and glory. We can pursue in full security the career that is opened before us, as sured that the longes; pence would not be able to deteriorate the warlike virtues in which the national character glories; through so many vicissitudes of misfortune, they have never betrayed it. Who, then, can entertain doubt of them, or of honour ? At the call of her august Chief, all France would rise in arms, with all her pride and all her energy." *Ha avisiK yrpesasa..... ♦ 441. VI 44, a %.4•••• • 4•. 1.4 ...a 1.••••. r the expression of the sentiments of the Chamber of Peers. I feel an equal satisfaction, " Gentlemen, at seeing you disposed to exa mine, with frank and seriousettention, the important laws which will be laid before you ; your concurrence, on which I depend, will be a new proof of your zeal for the happiness of France. I have always been certain, that if the honour of my Crown should ever require new sacrifices, my faithful subjects would hear my voice, and would hasten to answer it, and I em pleased to see the Chamber of Peers of the kingdom participate in my conviction. This satisfaction is the more pure, as my Allies unite their efforts with mine to prevent the events on the Peninsula from disturbing the tranquillity of Europe ; and I have a well founded hope, that my people will long continue to enjoy the blessings of peace." (From rEtoile.) MApaiD, We. 11.—The King continues to enjoy good health, but that of the Queen is not so satisfactory. Her Majesty, though perfectly recovered from the indisposition which she experienced at the Escurial, is still very delicate And rather weak. His Royal Highness the Infant Don Francisco de Paulo was slightly indis posed last Saturday. Their Serene Highnesses the Infante and In fan tan are well. Lalit Thursday, the 7th instant, the King held in his magni ficent chapel in his palace, the Grand Chapter of the Royal and Illustrious Order of Charles 111., in which his Highness the In fant Den Sebastian received the religious institution of that order. Their Royal Highnesses the King's brothers; the Grandees of Spain, Knights Grand Crosses, and a great number of knights; of the first class, all wearing the rich mantle of the order of Charles 111., were present at this brilliant ceremony, which attracted a greater number of persons than the Royal chapel could contain. The Queen, the Infanta., and the Princess of Beira were in the Royal galleries. on the following day (the Bth), the fete of the immaculate con ception, the grand fete of the order of Charles 111., such of the Knights of the Three Classes as are at Madrid, at the head of whore were the King and the three Princes of his august family, ibliowed by almost all the Grandees of the kingdom, all wearing the costume and mantle of the order, repaired to the church of St. Francis, in the Franciscan convent, when they heard high mass, at which one of the Knights Grand Cruse officiated in pon t(ficalibus. This tine ceremony, which was rendered so edifying by the devotion of all the knights of the order without exception, was celebrated with all the pomp.suitable to the occasion, and to the presence of the Sovereign and the Princes of the Royal Fa mily. " LIES OF THE DAY. (The ConstitutionneL) " Palts, Dr.c. 22.— r M. Salmon has announced to M. de Lima, Portuguese Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, that his functions were at an end. (The Aristarque.) M. tie Casa Flores, the Spanish Ambassador at Lisbon, has arrived at Badajoz. (The Courier.) " It ia affirmed that M. de Lima has been ordered to quit Madrid. (The Aristarque again.) " A courier set out the day before yesterday from the Fo reign -office, to carry to London the speech of the Baron de Dames, " Baron Alexander do Hortifehlt passed through Frank• fort on the 17th, on his way to Paris. The King of Prussia has attached him to his person as councillor of state, referendary of scientific objects. He would not accept a higher post, being de sirous of retaining his connexions with the learned world, and li berty to go every year to Paris." (From the Constitutionnel of Friday.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) MADRID, DEC. 11.---A report has just been spread that the two Swiss regiments in the service of France, which are here, and which is almost the whole of the King's guard, will go away on the 1 it of January. " It is certain that the French Government, in the last de spatches which it has sent to our Court, speaks of withdrawing those two regiments, But, however, it does not speak in po sitive terms, and it appears inclined to leave the Swiss here some time longer, upent certain conditions. Since the return of the King to Madrid, Mr. Lamb' has not once appeared at Court, and still keeps his travelling carriage ready to set out at a moment's notice. However, nobody believes that Mr. Lamb will depart ; on the co n t rary, it is thought that be will obtain all the satisfaction that he demande, and that our Cabinet wll abandon the Apnetolies 'rather than risk a rupture with Eng land, the immediate consequence of which would be the lost of the island of Cuba; the only thing that we hare re. maining of our ancient and vast transmarine possessions. But it is not the same with De Ponte Dc Lime, the Charge d'Affaires of Portugal, to whom, as I told you in my last, M. Sal mon, has announced that his functions are at an end; this Charge d'Affaires, who has long resided in this capital, and who has here been married top Spanish Lady, is making preparations to depart, and he will probably set out on 'the 4th or 15th—that is to say, at the same time when we expect here Le Marquis de Casa Flores. Letters from Valladolid announce that General Longa was expected there on the 10th, on his return from Zamora ; but they heard, that during his stay on the frontiers and in the neighbourhood, he caused GO waggons with ammunition and provisions to be sent to the Portuguese in surgents. It seems that this General, as well as General St. Juan, who commands inEstrernadura, are to return to Madrid to give an account of their conduct. These two Generals, and per haps General Quesada, commanding in Andalusia, will, if neces sary, be sacrificed to prove the innocence of our Cabinet; and, in fact, if they should he brought to trial, they will not be able to show any orders by virtue of which they have acted, though they have done nothing but according to instructions emanating from an authority which, though not the regular authority of the Mi nister of War, are no lees imperious in an absolute Government. (From the Courrier Francois.) " PA xis, Dxc. 21.—Don Pedro has very speedily learnt, at Rio de Janeiro, the first opposition that his charter has experienced at Lisbon. He was extremely incensed at it, and has taken the strongest measures against those 'who showed themselves adverse to his will. He has summoned them to appear before him in Bra zil, and enjoined them to repair thither without delay, under severe penalties. What will happen when he is informed of the rebel lion of Chaves and his accomplices ? He is, more than ever, at tached to his charter; and we learn, from letters worthy of credit, he is resolved not to suffer any kind of modifications to be matte in it, whatever may be the intrigue and solicitations of certain Ca binets to that effect. He is resolved, and with reason, that an appeal shall be made to time, and that experience alone shall de cide, after a lapse of some years, upon a work which it is absurd to judge, and especially to condemn, before it has been put to a fair trial. " Recent letters from Vienna confirm what we said yesterday, that the Infant Don Miguel, being counselled by the Emperor in person, and Prince Metternich himself, has finally resolved to re main faithful to the Queen, his future consort, and that he has so lemnly disavowed the traitors who, pretending to place upon his bead a usurped crown, were perhaps serving, besides their per sonal ambition, secret plans of the Cabinet of Madrid,' for the union of Portugal with Spain, and for the formation of a Penin sular compact in the hands of the inquisition and triumphant mo narchism. " The courier who brings this declaration of Don Miguel, passed through Path three days ago, and proceeded to Madrid and Lisbon. It ii incredible why our Ministry, to whom this document, so decisive in the present state of things, was commu nicated, has not confirmed its authenticity : it is, doubtless, afraid of afflicting too soon the admirers whom the revolt of Chaves has found in our Chambers and elsewhere. But even these begin to feel cold towards their hero, since his chances of success have vanished before the vigorous resolutions of the British Parliament, and unanimous language of' the Cabinets of France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia. For we must do the justice to the' diplo matic body residing among us to say, that it has not hesitated in this last crisis to declare against the perfidy of the Court of Ma drid, and of its Apostolics. • (From the Pilote.) " MADRID, Dec. 11.—It is affirmed that the English have landed at Lisbon part of the troops that they had on board their squadron in the Tagus, and that the English Admiral on this oc casion published a proclamation, in which he says that the object of this immure is to preserve the tranquillity of the capital. " The' measure of a quints (drawing by lot) of 35 or 40,000 men, has lately been discussed in a council of Ministers, but no decision has yet been come to on the subject. " General Qum& has placed all the troops at his disposal on the frontier of Portugal, next the province of Seville, which he commands. It is affirmed that Don Salvador Manzanares, who ander the Cortes was political chief of Valencia, and afterwards Minister, has just escaped from his confinement at Seville, and to Portugal. SECOND EXPRESS. (From the Muniteur of Saturday, Dec. 23.) (NON-OFFICIAL. TART.) " MADRID, 13.--The Insurgents have been beaten in Alentrjo, and pursued into Spain by the Constitutional troops, but they almost immediately reentered Portugal. It is said they are going to join those in the. North, who maintain their su periority in Tras-mi-Montes, and it even seems that they are 'ex mighwiriug provinces. It is a ffi rmed that tm raga a nrlinv Co mum are in their poste." " At Lisbon the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance have consented to resume their functions, which has given general sa tisfaction, even in the Chamber of Deputies. " Commodore Noronha, and Scullin. Moore Cabral, a magis trate, have the department* of the Marine and the interior. " The Marquis de Valencia takes ad interim the place of the Minister at War, who is ill." (From the Moils of Saturday evening.) " LIES OF THE DAY. (The Quotidienne.) " PARIS, Dec. 23.—1 t seems that the Spanish Government intend to send towards the frontiers of Portugal a corps of 10,000 iisen, of which b,OOO are to be of the Royal Guard. (The Quotidienne. ) " Oporto is said to have been occupied by the Portuguese Royalists before the Ioth of December. We have not received to-day any news direct from Portugal." " CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—SrmNo or Mc. 22. " After some preliminary business, the President I pro pose to the Chamber to assemble in the bureaux.' "M. Casimir Perrier-1 ask leave to speak. " The President.—But theist is no question before the Chamber. M. Casimir Perrier.—l desire to speak on the motion you have just made. " The President.—Leave is given. " M. Casimir Perrier.—Gentlemen, you are going to meet in the bureaux for the nomination of the committee which is to draw up the address in answer to his Majesty's speech. You will doubtless think it right that the project of the committee, and the deliberations in which it is going to engage, should be supported by all the necessary documents, in order that an address may pro ceed from this Chamber worthy of the nation, and worthy of the Monarch at whose feet •it will be laid ; for this end it will be necessary that this President of the Council should prove to us that his policy and his conduct are founded on recta, and not on vague assertions. " The President.—lt seems to me that you cannot anticipate a discussion which is not open. The project of the address ►s not yet laid before the Chamber for. its examination. At the present moment you will perceive that it would, perhaps, not be proper to agitate before the time, a question like that which it is attempted to raise. " M. Casaitnir Perrier said he did not wish to raise a question, but to show that certain papers ought to be communicated to the Chamber. The following is a list of the pieces, said he, which will enable the Chamber to reply to the King's speech.. " After some further discussion, in which M. B. Constant took part, the President's proposal to meet in the bureaux was put, and carried almost unanimously. (Prom the Courier Francais of Saturday.) " The majority of the Chamber of Deputies refused to-day to hear a Deputy, who wished to speak to It upon a suhject which engages every body's attention, and to which the most important interests of France are attached. Undoubtedly the Chamber had a right to do so. But the public has also a right to know the efforts which some of the Deputies it has chosen make to obtain 'from the Ministry the information which public opinion requires. We shall therefore lay before our readers the series of questions which M. Cassimir Perrier intended to make front the tribune, and which he has been so good as to communicate to our journal. In order to understatul this paragraph of the speech from the throne—' Troubles have recently broken out in a part of the Peninsula ; I shall unite my Worm to those of my, allies to put an end to them, and prevent their tonsequences'--thOlonourable. Member intended to ask the Minister to lay upon the table of the Chamber— " 1. The declaration made by England on the late troubles which have broken out in Portugal, which was communicated to France, as well as to all the great Powers of the Continent. " 2. The documents which show that the Spanish autho rities ordered to disarm the Po tuguese refugees have co-ope • From Braganca to Coimbra the distance. is 42 Spanish leagues and a half (120 to a degree), and from Coimbra to Lis: bon, by the winter road, 33 leagues and a half. On these two roads taken together, there are two rivers, with ferryboats, six fordable rivers, and f i v e with bridges, two fortified towns and two which are called fortresses, via. Viseu and Coimbra or Braga, the capital of the province of Entre-Duero and Minho, and situated at nearly an equal distinct, from the frontier of Oalicio and Oporto, is less important than the latter city, which, according to the learned M. Balvi, contains at least 70,000 touls.—Note of rated in the ent►ance of these same refugees into the territory of Portugal. " 3. Copy of the invitation made by the French Government to that of Spain, to induce it to respect its engagements with England, as well as the answers and promises of Spain. " 4. The ultimatum of France, or the last note presented to the Spanish Government, before orders were given to the French Ambasadora to withdraw." (From the Coustilutionnel.) DADIBURGIr, DEC. 15.—(another Paper says the lOtb.)—lt is affirmed that a great power has transmitted, through its Am bassadors, a circular note to the other European Powers of the first rank, in which it makes them acquainted with the manner in which it views the attempts of Silveira and the other Portu guese malcontents. It invites them,, at the same time, frankly to declare their opinion on the subject. It is added, that the Power in question has not concealed in its note that the suspicious conduct of Spain, with respect to Portugal, might induce it to lend assistance to its old ally, not to take part in its internal dis cords, but only to enable a legitimate Government, recognised by all the European Powers, except one, to repel an attack which, according to all appearance, must have been favoured by foreigners ; and that, far from desiring to kindle war on the Con tinent by this step, it wishes the other Powers to offer their good offices to prevent it; and in this case the declaration above asked seems the most suitable means. FRENCH FUNDS.—.PARIS, DEC. !S.—Five per Cents. 99f, 55c. 60c. 50c. 54e. ; Three per Cents. 68f. 80c. 703. 60c. 75e. 50c. ; Bank Stock, 2060 f. ; Rentes de Naples, 741. 741. sc. 74f. Sc. '74f. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 11. 11. 11i. 11. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 52, 52i. ; Rentes perpetuelle d'Espagne, Five per Cents. 42i. ; Haytian Loan, 695 f. 685 f. ; Exchange on London, one month, 251. 40c.; three months, 25f. 45c.—Cours Authen• BOSTON. His Majesty's ship Niemen, Capt. P. W. P. Wallis, having touched at Boston a few weeks since, afforded the Americans an opportunity of testifying the strong feelings of attachment which our brethren on that side of the At lantic, we are happy to state, now feel for the country of their forefathers. Many cases have been, from time to time adduced, when other feelings have been supposed to sway individuals of that country. We therefore now hail, with no common sentiments of gratification, the treatment _shown to Captain Wallis and the Officers of the British frigate Niemen, on the recent visit to that port. No sooner was the ship anchored, than Commodore Crane, command ing at the port, sent an O ffi cer, specially deputed, to offer every species of supply that the arsenal could furnish. The General of the District (Layman), at this period, was to meet the representatives of the soldiery of the State, a de putation from whom immediately waited on Capt. and requested him and his Officers to dine with them.— On the usual national toasts of the anniversary they met to commemorate being drank, Gen. Layman rose, and, after an eloquent speech, in which he paid the most gratifying compliments to the magnanimous exeftions of this country in the great struggle she has ever maintained for liberty, proposed the health of our most gracious Monarch, which was drank amidst the most enthusiastic feelings, by all the Americans present, and our noble National Air of " God save the King" played by the band, General Layman ex pressing his anxious desire that the mother and daughter, under which designation he spoke of Great Britain and America, might hencefoi th for ever be cordially united in giving freedom to the oppressed in every part of the globe. On the British Officers retiring from this to them truly gratifying scene, and visiting the public theatre, they were greeted by the whole of the audience with the same feel ings of regard and sincere attachment. The merchants and the public were also not backward in offering every possible testimonial of respect; and, from the number of persons who daily visited the Niemen (one day near 3,000), it was abundantly proved that the feelings of amity and friendship towards this country were strong and sincere; and, when it is considered that it was off this port that the Shannon captured the Chesapeake, and that the Captain of the Niemen was the senior surviving Lieutenant of the Shannon, too much cannot be felt for the truly friendly and magnanimous conduct exhibited by the whole of the people of Boston. We sincerely trust that the sentiments thus e t 7 . 1. . b *. y e !li m e e ri ri tr c y a . n s ai s i v t i be duly ,me . appreciated desirable that the two most powerful nations 'on the globe should al ways be closely and sincerely united. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,--Mr. Shackel, the printer of the John 8011, has shame.. fully abused my confidence by inserting in the John Bull of this day, a speech delivered by the Right lion. George Canning at Lisbon, in 1816, which speech was confidentially intrusted to him, to be introduced into a collection of Mr. Canning's speeches, at present in progress of publication. lam anxious to assure you, that if it was the intention either of myself, or of the gentleman who is engaged in the collection of Mr. Canning's speeches, that the speech should appear in the newspapers, we should have preferred that it found its way to the world originally through your respectable paper, rather than through a publication of the character and principles of the John BUIL I will not say than the fraud that has been practised is inconsis tent with the habit and manner of conducting the John Bull newspaper ; but I must say, that the mode in which the speech found its way into it, is at variance with all the notions I have ever entertained of honesty and fair dealing. I remain, Sir, your most obedient and very humble servant, 169, Piccadilly, Dec. 24. JAMES RIDGWAY. TO THE EDITOR. SlR—From a desire to set the public mind right in reference to the verdict of the Jury in the case of " Harris v. Wheldon," for libel, in the Common Pleas, on Thursday last, I beg to offer a short explanation, which will refute many of the remarks made, upon the inadequate protection afforded by Juries to the press, in the discharge of its functions, as reporters of the transactions at o►n Police Offices. It will be obierved, that the original report of what passed at Bow-street appeared in the British Traveller of the 4th of Au gust list, and on the 11th, when the cue is again alluded to, it is introduced by a good deal of editorial comment ; the Jury, by their verdict, endeavoured distinctly to mark their sense of the difference between these comments and a report of what passed before the Magistrate; the verdict being returned specially, "Da mages 1001. upon the second libel, that of the 11th of August." As in several reports the important fact is wholly omitted, I trust this explanation will remove the impression that the verdict was directed against the publication of police reports, and the unusual course adopted by the New Times, of publishing the names of the Jury, and the threat held out by the Chronicle, of its inten. tion to continue that practice in all important cases, will not, I feel assured, deter Juries from acting, consistently witiLthe oath administered to them. The insertion of this in your first publication will oblige, Sir, , our most obedient servant, London, Dec. 23. ONE OF THE JURY. Last Friday, one of the waggon horses of Messrs. Deacon and Co., general carriers, in this town, having died under peculiar circumstances, was purchased by Mr. Caddiek, stutter and collar maker. The animal was dissected by Mr. Taylor, veterinary surgeon, who extracted from its second stomach a cal culus or atone of most extraordinary shape and dimensions ; it is of a complete globular form, and larger than a bowling green bowl, coated with a covering appearing like velvet, weighing four pounds four ounces, and is nineteen inches in circumference. It is supposed to be the l arges t s t on e that woe ever ext racte d from any animal. The horn was eleven years of age, and h a d suffered intense agony for some lime previously to its di sio l ut i on. It could not lie down, but w a s suePded in slings, in which situa tion it expired.—Nottingham Review. CLOATHING FOR THE Pooß.—A delivery of nu merous articles of bedding and cloathing to the members of the female club, in the parish of St. James, Shaftesbury, took place on Thursday, the 19th instant, being the second annual distri bution of that society. The great increase in the number of weekly subscribers, is an evidence of the approbation with which the measure is received by that class of people,who partake in its bene panfit;of blankets, togeth er w i t h s h eets) mater i als for cloathing different kinds, Sm., p reparatory to the w i nter d the f season, a ff orded a pleasing view of the conveni ence a tt ac h e d t o thi s m ode: of supply, by the practice of a w ee kly economy , in a though only introduced of l ate years ' i nto t hi s part o f t h e t;ttaitit degree 'merely to be felt by the s evera l d epos i tors . Th ese insti it , ,are much on the in crease , an d bid f a i r to be of great : industrious and frugal part o f th e po p u l at i on ..— Western Reporter. a t ,! i o i nt country, e to the PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stoek Gov. Stock, 3% per cent.... 135 Ditto, New ... 4 per Cent. Gor. Deb. 3}4 per cent — 87 14 Consols, 3 per cent. ........ loyal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. STOCKS, DEC. 22. St. Patrick Insur, (per share).•. Royal Irish Ditto .......... National Ditto ............... Patriotic Ditto .................. CommercialPritmio°ny: rHib ernia n a m inic 0 . 1111) ..................................................... HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORTI°I, Horning...—. 47 minutes after 11. Evening ....... 0 minnow •• 1 4 P A tibis 1111° di..7 - LONDON„ 1 MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, Despatches from Lisbon are momentarily expected, but none had reached Government when Our Par went to press. long extracts The French Papers of Friday and Sanwa'', le" re eluding the Etoile of Saturday evening, hav e been , ceived by express. Their contents are of con siderable importance an fr d om in t t h e e r n e l st in an o d ur w p e rhecaevdeiitihgerceofiourneingis.l" In the Moniteur of Friday we find the addre ss voted by the Chamber of Peers in answer to the Kind' Speech, and his MAJESTY'S, gracious reply- T hs former is little more than an echo of the Royal s peech ; one passage, however, of it may be considered as In ' tended to sound his MAJESTY with regard to the pod hey of France under the present circumstances;' lifter an observation " that the longest peace would not be able to deteriorate the warlike virtues in which the mi• tional character glories," the address adds that " at the call of her August Chief all France would rise in ri with all her pride and all her energy." His 11144. JESTY, however, parried this remark, in his rep}'' which is short and frank, by an expression of his con viction that if the honour of the Crown required new sacrifices, his subjects would hear his voice, and lowa to answer it : and his MAJESTY added " that the satis faction, which the participation .of the Chamber of Peers on this occasion a ff ords him, is the more roe' as his Allies unite their efforts with his to prevent the events in the Peninsula from disturbing the trnqui!- lit y of Europe : and that ' his MAJESTY has a well founded hope that his people . will long cont inue i'' enjoy Me blessings (Peace." The general peace of Europe cannot be distorbe! by the events in Spain, unless France herself th j a r in a t to throw down the gauntlet, and therefore the a. to the tion of the King of France, and his & Dojos efforts of himself' and his allies to 10° 4° tiw s " events from disturbingthe 'lli 1 Europe , " tranqui tyo e must consider as words without -Inesiiiiig, eceuh:, France herself has the destinies of Einle , i . n 1 - dr hand at the present moment, and it is only -y i al , support of Spain in her unjust aggression of Pottog that war in Europe can be kindled- The Etoik of Friday announces, on the au thority of letters from Vigo, that the King of SPAIN has s e: s ; pressed his dissatisfaction of b e conduct of Gene s A 1 StLvtaßA and the Portuguese Royalists, and li r : issued instructions for all the Captains General paper, sue them. It is also inentioned by the !alio pa i p ays , under date of Madrid, Dec. 11, that negotiations i _ been opened between Portugal and the Cabinet of FERDINAND, with the mediation of England, and that it will not be surprising s houl d if a treaty i It is Rade . be signed in twenty-four hour& from the Indieateur Bordeaux, that on the LONGA and Eat , ' complaints of our Ambassador, have been ordered to Madrid to answer for their..,Co.ne duct, and that peace and good understanding fellrlos°_, immediately restored in the Peninsula. The '1 0 1 Y, is even said to have been signed on the evening ' the 12th. non-official poi, The Moniteur of Saturday, in i ts non-o is ~.. contains an article from Madrid, dated so late ants illn_d 18th inst., which mentions that the Insure aid, been beaten in Alentejo, and pursued into ?pr '7: . the Constitutional troops, but they isint i ed d ni to ,1 0i° terwards re-entered Portugal, and proceet! _ their the Forces in the North , who maintametl ex° a. superiority in Tras-os - Mon tes, and were ~....g that ing in the ne ighbouring Provin ces. It emu. Brae and Coimbra are in their power. i b bon the 'I he same Article mentions, that at L _ ob . Ministers of Foreign 'Affairs and Finance heel, Joe seated to resume their functions ; that Coolu:Tvia. N . ORoNHA and Senhor IVIounA-CABRA.I-; .. and the gistrate, have the Departments of the NfarnitA (is we Interior, and that the Marquis DE VA 14 . 0 1 t n t he plac e announced some days ago) takes ad inters, of Minister of 'War. Ottlitf, that the The Journal des Debats of Sattledel unat i o n of Bordeaux Journals speak aguely of the °° ° ,,r - • tt p. v d wart t h a t the tdonsti Oporto by the Royalists, an -- 0 are vranderini tional Generals C LAUD I NO S lid I% ll l l ' r ' l iv he peewit° ° on the banks of the Douro, Pore ueu -.1 t 00 wif t g ° ,. l* the country, who have taken from them 2 Oporto Mier° The Etoile contradicts the occupation o f s„ b aish the 10th inst., and likewise a report that the thefron- Government intends to send 10,000 men to tiers of Portugal. Friday the French Funds, have rather improved ; on Does p er Five per Cents. closed at 99f. Ssc., And the t 9 91: Cents. at 68f. 55c. On Saturday they left ofr a 45e. and 68f. 50c. _ - ~f _ We received last night the Allgemesne 4 st the 16th instant. Intelligence had been ber . Odessa from Constantinople to the 2 7 th 14°Ienl a ni , tiro org The SULTAN continued his exertions for cation of his new troops, and the city remained °tor, quil. By an article, dated Potsdam , 20th Doceito,4 we perceive that the, Clergy are not in clined to l'udro, is the new Liturgy which the King of Pittls BlA sirous to establish throughout his dominions• hoo a yw:4A, Die. 11.—Motalliptts, 90. 8 - 16 . ; S- Brussels Papers of the 23d December, hose e a .1 gen us this morning . Some of the Du tch troops tie-24, for the East Indies had marched to Ghent for so w ' ij- ,' ation. The bulletin of the sta te of the King of Pr sic, in consequence of his serious accident, is fav ours*. We subjoin a few extracts from these P l apers Do h 1. V i sSiar 4,X-• Acor The Preabargh Gazette of the 21st inst. ay. the d es tio rations of the Estates on these grie v a nces were law:rop; -001 6th Ity a sitting of both Chambers united, in on the i n tsw hich hillolll tanHigbnois was pleased to send a written report . 1 with his Majesty respecting the contribution which he hod taket:7io him at th e request of the Estates of th e irjogdoso. This sir'